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New Mexico activists oppose mining at ancient Indigenous site
Opposition has grown against federal plans to allow oil and gas drilling at a more than 1,000-year-old Indigenous UNESCO site, which features the ruins of an ancient New Mexico community.
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Trump admin to cut Biden-era Medicare subsidy as projected costs skyrocket
“The Biden admin gave BILLIONS of taxpayer money DIRECTLY to Big Insurance Companies. This is unacceptable. We are stabilizing the market so this bailout is no longer needed,” said Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Mehmet Oz.
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Five GOP senators sponsor bill banning males from Daughters of the American Revolution
Five U.S. senators say the Daughters of the American Revolution should only be for women and are proposing a bill that would amend the organization's federal charter.
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Pritzker: Trump to federalize Illinois National Guard
“This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will," Pritzker said. "It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will."
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Church of England names first female archbishop of Canterbury
Mullally was one of three women on the shortlist to replace former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who resigned his post last year over his handling of a physical and sexual abuse scandal.
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Texas AG Paxton launches investigation, orders localities to halt property tax hikes
The letters order the officials of each city to not implement the tax hikes and requests a range of financial information and documents be submitted to his office.
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Conservatives push Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger
In a letter to the Surface Transportation Board Friday, over a dozen groups endorsed the merger, which would link 50,000 route miles and 100 ports across 43 states into a single transcontinental rail system.
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‘Humane' approaches to encampments central to Pittsburgh clean-up success
Program has achieved a 93% reduction in homeless encampments in the city.
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Maine open enrollment policies rank dead last in the nation
Maine scored zero points in every category, alongside Alaska, North Carolina and Maryland.
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Vegas planning new casino to wrap around MLB stadium for city's newest professional sports team
Along Las Vegas Boulevard and on the site of the former mob-era Tropicana casino, the proposed resort casino by Bally’s would wrap around the formerly Oakland Athletics baseball stadium.
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Republicans blast Dems for tanking funding bill again: 'End the political idiocy'
“Four times Senate Democrats have voted to shut down the government,” Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., posted on X. “They have abandoned their responsibility and chosen politics above the American people.”
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Muslims accused of vandalizing church in Texas argue First Amendment right, so far jurors disagree
The defendants allegedly spray painted “expletive Israel” and affixing pro-Palestinian/Hamas stickers to the exterior of the church.
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Fulton County DA Fani Willis to appear before Georgia Senate committee in November
The committee subpoenaed Willis to testify about her prosecution of President Donald Trump and others in a case accusing them of election fraud. Willis has fought the subpoena but has lost in court.